After both having extra time off, the Oakesdale Nighthawks and the Garfield-Palouse Vikings will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Oakesdale sitting on five straight wins and Garfield-Palouse on six.
If Garfield-Palouse heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Oakesdale took over last week. Oakesdale walked away with a 31-20 victory over Pomeroy last Saturday. The 31-point effort marked the Nighthawks' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Garfield-Palouse). They took their match last Saturday with ease, bagging a 78-26 win over Tekoa-Rosalia. The Vikings have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 25 points or more this season.
Garfield-Palouse's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.3 points per game. As for Oakesdale, their record is now 6-2.
Oakesdale came up short against Garfield-Palouse when the teams last played back in January, falling 38-31. Can Oakesdale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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